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Think Again: The Catholic Church
From the outside, the Vatican appears flush with riches, resistant to change, and tone-deaf to scandal. But, in reality, the world’s oldest religious institution bears little resemblance to the mysterious church imagined by conspiracy theorists. Today, Catholicism is attracting millions of new and diverse followers who are embracing the church’s traditions of debate and independence as gospel.
By John L. Allen Jr.
The Dream Team
The next American president will confront a host of potential cataclysms: from a virulent financial crisis to a vicious terrorist enemy, nuclear proliferation to climate change. He’ll need his country’s brightest minds—not his party’s usual suspects. So, we asked 10 of the world’s top thinkers to name the unlikely team that can best guide No. 44 through the turbulent years ahead.
The Lie We Love
Foreign adoption seems like the perfect solution to a heartbreaking imbalance: The developing world has babies in need of homes, and the developed world has homes in need of babies. Unfortunately, those little orphaned bundles of joy may not be orphans at all.
By E.J. Graff
The Global Cities Index
Cities are the centers of our societies. They bear the brunt of financial meltdowns, human trafficking, and climate change in ways national governments never will. So, when Foreign Policy, A.T. Kearney, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs teamed up to measure globalization around the world, we focused our sights on the 60 cities that shape our lives the most. Find out which towns come out on top, which are falling behind, and why there is no such thing as the perfect global city.
Power to the People
Why it’s the poor—not the experts—who can best solve the food crisis.
By Eric Werker
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